I believe he used 23andme, and he found the results helpful and fascinating. At that time (I'm not sure they still do it), it gave some health-related information (probability for genetic disposition for certain diseases). The ancestry information was pretty interesting: he came out something like 98 point something percent Ashkenazic Jewish, which is pretty inbred. He wrote to one of the people on the list who lived in Hungary (my maternal grandparents were from Hungary, so that seemed promising), and I recognized another name--which turned out to be the son of a cousin of my father's. Or perhaps a son of a second-cousin of my fathers. It will connect you with people in your direct gene pool who have also had the testing.

My son had no qualms about doing this, and in fact was glad to contribute his genetic makeup to research ... which is what 23andme does with it.

But it's standard operating procedure in the Fertility Industrial Complex.

Who knew? I am a carrier of sickle cell anemia and my husband is a carrier of a Mediterannean form of it?

Our insurance covered the full scope genetic testing but the real price tag just under $3K each.

Not sure of the service name (came through our A.R.T. facility) but they (a technician/scientist) skyped us through our results.

No good A.R.T. facility will touch a couple with matching genetic faults. So exploring your 'blood' is key.

It was 99 dollars and through whatever agency ancestry.com uses. they then used that to find other genetic possible matches in the ancestry database. She and my wife are very happy with it.

I also know it was working as they have a "Relative Finder" feature. If one of your relatives joins, they can email you that a 1st, or 2nd, or 3rd (I think it goes to 5th or 6th cousins) are detected and you can send them an "Invite", like Facebook. They detected my 1st cousin correctly.

There is an option to share your genome as well - totally optional.